Aerobic exercise promotes emotion regulation: a narrative review

Aerobic exercise improves the three stages of emotion regulation: perception, valuation and action. It reduces the perception of negative emotions, encourages individuals to reinterpret emotional situations in a positive or non-emotional manner, and enhances control over emotion expression behaviour...

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Published in:Experimental brain research Vol. 242; no. 4; pp. 783 - 796
Main Authors: Wang, Xuru, Liu, Tianze, Jin, Xinhong, Zhou, Chenglin
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.04.2024
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Aerobic exercise
Aerobic exercises
Aerobics
Amygdala
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Brain
Brain research
Cortex
Emotion regulation
Emotional regulation
Emotions
Evaluation
Exercise
Mental disorders
Mental health
Negative emotions
Neurology
Neurophysiology
Neurosciences
Perception
Perceptions
Physical fitness
Physiological aspects
Plasticity
Prefrontal cortex
Psychological aspects
Review
Sports training
Strength training
Valuation
China
Prefrontal cortex
Amygdala
Emotion regulation
Aerobic exercise
ISSN:0014-4819, 1432-1106, 1432-1106
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Summary:Aerobic exercise improves the three stages of emotion regulation: perception, valuation and action. It reduces the perception of negative emotions, encourages individuals to reinterpret emotional situations in a positive or non-emotional manner, and enhances control over emotion expression behaviours. These effects are generated via increased prefrontal cortex activation, the strengthening of functional connections between the amygdala and several other brain regions, and the enhancement of the plasticity of key emotion regulation pathways and nodes, such as the uncinate fasciculus. The effect of aerobic exercise on emotion regulation is influenced by the exercise intensity and duration, and by individuals’ exercise experience. Future research may explore the key neural basis of aerobic exercise’s promotion of emotion regulation.
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ISSN:0014-4819
1432-1106
1432-1106
DOI:10.1007/s00221-024-06791-1